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The Writing’s On The Wall: Google’s Got A PR Problem
USED TO BE THE PO PO WERE THE TARGET OF GRAFFITI ARTISTS. But a new painting on a New York bridge reveals fears about a more sophisticated power: Google.
The above painting was snapped by Jeff Rogers of PaidContent.org on the Pulaski bridge connecting Brooklyn and Queens. Note the O’s are surveillance cameras. Adjacent is the message, “Stop SOPA.”
WikiLeaks’ founder Julian Assange, who contends that the huge tech companies like Google and Facebook are agents of the U.
S. government, would be proud.
The graffiti shows up at a time that the ubiquitious tech giant is under attack for its imminent policy change linking more than 60 privacy policies into one, enabling it to consolidate consumer data for advertisers.
Just today Infosecurity reports that “Two US representatives are asking the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to investigate whether Google’s new privacy policy violates the company’s settlement last year over its short-lived Buzz social networking site.” The company settled charges with the FTC in October alleging that it had “used deceptive practices and violated its own privacy policy by making it difficult for Gmail users to opt out of the Buzz social network,” Infosecurity reports.
Google has a real P.R. problem on its hands.
Via PaidContent.org by way of Gawker.
